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we know fiscal reform is coming because of the fiscal cliff. we know immigration because he certainly has said that and it might be an easy way to go. with the republicans who need to make some inroads with the hispanic community and climate change is something that he has said that he wants to work on obviously clean energy jobs. he knows he's going to have to compromise though to get anything through the republican house. the question was going to be how much will the republicans be willing to compromise with him? now, an nbc news "wall street journal" poll from late october shows that 75% of americans want congress to compromise on the budget deficit. only 15% say that congress should stick to their guns. on the heels of the election, the president does have significant leverage. the progressive community is going to be eagerly watching to see how he uses that leverage. so with us now to look ahead to the president's second term agenda is democratic pollster john whaley from hart research. his data shows how much wiggle room the public is go
we know fiscal reform is coming because of the fiscal cliff. we know immigration because he certainly has said that and it might be an easy way to go. with the republicans who need to make some inroads with the hispanic community and climate change is something that he has said that he wants to work on obviously clean energy jobs. he knows he's going to have to compromise though to get anything through the republican house. the question was going to be how much will the republicans be willing...
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jesus, get off the fiscal cliff. nothing's happening on the fiscal cliff. it is just john boehner playing games to save his ass. he asked about fiscal cliff. the president went on and on, droning on and on, he spoke longer in response to the question about the fiscal cliff than he did about guns, period. then he goes to carol lee another good friend who has been in the studio with us. she asked about the fiscal cliff. then he goes to keira i forget her last name from politico. she asks about the fiscal cliff. at this point i was going crazy. i was going bonkers. get back to the issue of the day! let's get back to saving these kids! finally david jackson got it back to the fiscal cliff. but it just shows to me that the white house press corps is so -- so fond of navel-gazing. they can't get out of the beltway. they don't know what the freak is going on in the rest of the country or what people really care about. care about the wonky issues and the cheap, partisan political games that people play and that john boehner is playing with the fiscal cliff. i must
jesus, get off the fiscal cliff. nothing's happening on the fiscal cliff. it is just john boehner playing games to save his ass. he asked about fiscal cliff. the president went on and on, droning on and on, he spoke longer in response to the question about the fiscal cliff than he did about guns, period. then he goes to carol lee another good friend who has been in the studio with us. she asked about the fiscal cliff. then he goes to keira i forget her last name from politico. she asks about...
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the big problem of the fiscal cliff is a problem that -- that is created because the fiscal cliff is an automatic set of tax increases and spending cuts put there because congress couldn't agree to anything else, you remember, but it is too much deficit reduction too quickly. if you've got a lot of underutilized capacity in your economy, high unemployment relative to what it should be, that's the last point at which you want to actually embark upon serious deficit reduction. you want to wait until the economy's back on track. >> eliot: you said something critical that people should remember. the reason these elements of the fiscal cliff were created was too create maximum political pressure to force congress to make a decision that it didn't end up making so now we're stuck with a series of proposals that were not properly crafted to help get the economy out of the crisis we're facing. and so that's why what you have laid out you laid it out today and in a very wise article in "the huffington post." explain to us what we should do short term and then what we can do in the medium term
the big problem of the fiscal cliff is a problem that -- that is created because the fiscal cliff is an automatic set of tax increases and spending cuts put there because congress couldn't agree to anything else, you remember, but it is too much deficit reduction too quickly. if you've got a lot of underutilized capacity in your economy, high unemployment relative to what it should be, that's the last point at which you want to actually embark upon serious deficit reduction. you want to wait...
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more about the fiscal cliff. rebecca kaplan from "national journal" will be along a little bit later and brad woodhouse who has a shiny head looks just like stan collender -- >> hey hey! >> bill: brad woodhouse communications director for the dnc shaved his head as part of a bet. he will be in studio next hour. >> that's what happened to you stan. >> i lost a bet with god. i said you know, if you give me hair, i will wear it. he said no, not happening. >> bill: we'll see how brad looks. let's see if he looks as sharp as stan collender here. we'll be right back but first. >> this is the "full court press." >> other headlines making news, how about this headline. porn stores have this more together than one might think. a new study done by shippensburg university in texas. women's university find that female porn actors are more religious and have a higher self-esteem than other women. the study concluded these women do not fit the damaged goods hypothesis and have great social support and positive feelings but the
more about the fiscal cliff. rebecca kaplan from "national journal" will be along a little bit later and brad woodhouse who has a shiny head looks just like stan collender -- >> hey hey! >> bill: brad woodhouse communications director for the dnc shaved his head as part of a bet. he will be in studio next hour. >> that's what happened to you stan. >> i lost a bet with god. i said you know, if you give me hair, i will wear it. he said no, not happening. >>...
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is it a fiscal cliff or a slope? how dramatic will this fall off be on january 1st? or is there going to be the decision that if this decision is not made on january 1st, we'll be fine. >> they constantly talk about a short-term agreement right now and then pushing important decision abouts entitlement reform taxes that kind of stuff into 2013. clearly we're not confronting a killer drop off, a fiscal cliff that we hear so often that will send the country careening into a recession after bees december 31st. this will play out across 2013. it's not going to happen all on one single day. it is a fiscal slope. some of the budget lines here in washington has tried to emphasize that point. but the problem is when you have john boehner and in the white house, folks like this in washington using the term fiscal cliff, it takes to become a reality and take on language of its own. >> eliot: it seems to me that there is an element of hysteria being created and used by some folks. you have fix the debt coalition that is pounding away at this terror, and then you see cmbc and th
is it a fiscal cliff or a slope? how dramatic will this fall off be on january 1st? or is there going to be the decision that if this decision is not made on january 1st, we'll be fine. >> they constantly talk about a short-term agreement right now and then pushing important decision abouts entitlement reform taxes that kind of stuff into 2013. clearly we're not confronting a killer drop off, a fiscal cliff that we hear so often that will send the country careening into a recession after...
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how bad is the fiscal cliff? >> it is terrible. this would the worst policy put in place since the end of the first depression. we went to austerity too early. we pushed the economy back into a recession. this would reduce gdp by about 3 percentage points. maybe a little bit higher. since we're only growing at about 2, that would put us into negative territory for all of 2013 and get unemployment back into the 9% range. >> bill: when we're talking about the fiscal cliff we're talking about what is also called sequestration. >> sequestration is part of it. fiscal cliff on january 1, a bunch of tax increases about $500 billion. on january 2nd, it is about $120 billion in spending cuts. the combination $600 billion or so would be the largest one-year nominal reduction in the deficit in history. >> bill: in one year. >> in one year. it is what all of the deficit hawks have been wanting and now they're saying let's not go there here. you've got the ceos from all of the companies saying basically stop the fiscal cliff. what they're reall
how bad is the fiscal cliff? >> it is terrible. this would the worst policy put in place since the end of the first depression. we went to austerity too early. we pushed the economy back into a recession. this would reduce gdp by about 3 percentage points. maybe a little bit higher. since we're only growing at about 2, that would put us into negative territory for all of 2013 and get unemployment back into the 9% range. >> bill: when we're talking about the fiscal cliff we're...
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you know, some call this the fiscal cliff. it really is a human cliff. let me tell you, at the end of december unemployment insurance is going to end. for so many people. and when you look at the long-term unemployed, over 40% throughout 2010 and 2011, now we have -- for those who have been unemployed 27 weeks or longer. and so this is unprecedented. we've got to make sure that we extend unemployment benefits so that people at least have a bridge over troubled waters until we turn the economy around fully and create jobs. so that's another really safety net -- a program that's going to end if we don't do something. >> bill: which, by the way nobody but you is talking about. at least i haven't heard anybody else talk about the unemployment benefits. >> you know what, bill one of the things that troubles me is you never hear about the poor, low-income individuals the working poor. i was on the platform committee. i was very proud to be on the 15-person drafting committee of the platform for the party. i made sure that we got in there. not only do we want t
you know, some call this the fiscal cliff. it really is a human cliff. let me tell you, at the end of december unemployment insurance is going to end. for so many people. and when you look at the long-term unemployed, over 40% throughout 2010 and 2011, now we have -- for those who have been unemployed 27 weeks or longer. and so this is unprecedented. we've got to make sure that we extend unemployment benefits so that people at least have a bridge over troubled waters until we turn the economy...
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with respect to the fiscal cliff, look, i would say that we do not want to go over the fiscal cliff, but this choice is in republican hands. i think they're going to make a huge mistake for themselves if they continue to say unless this very high income people get a bonus tax break that no one else in the country gets tax relief. then they would be taking us over the fiscal cliff in a way that is totally politically un unsustainable for them. imagine if the president goes on television january 1 january 2 january 3 and saying, are you kidding me, americans won't get tax relief unless there is a bonus tax break on top of $250,000? it's time for john boehner to make sure he gets his caucus on board to do the right thing. >> eliot: the president should entice them to get to that point without caving. the president should be as rigid as a piece of steel and not cave. i don't think it will be quite the cataclysm people are saying. read paul krugman's article in "the times" today. frankly, it's a lot of wall street folks who are saying you got to deal with it because wall street guys have
with respect to the fiscal cliff, look, i would say that we do not want to go over the fiscal cliff, but this choice is in republican hands. i think they're going to make a huge mistake for themselves if they continue to say unless this very high income people get a bonus tax break that no one else in the country gets tax relief. then they would be taking us over the fiscal cliff in a way that is totally politically un unsustainable for them. imagine if the president goes on television january...
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we're talking about the fiscal cliff. he said -- let's see. interest rates he was talking about are lower than they've been in our living memory. in fact, if there was ever a time for america to borrow more to put people back to work, rebuilding our schools and crumbling infrastructure, it is now. robert reich. see, i would listen to the guys that were there then in the clinton administration. we're asking you what you think why? because -- >> they're the ones who tanked the economy. >> stephanie: okay. lenny in wisconsin. your eaten "the stephanie miller show." >> caller: hi. how you doing, steph? >> stephanie: good. go ahead. >> caller: i have a few things to say. i hope you don't cut me off. >> stephanie: all right. >> caller: i'm a 62-year-old gay man who is on disability and i've got my -- because of scott walker, all of my healthcare removed. all of my food stamps removed. i'm making $700 a month. i have $500 a month in prescriptions which of course, i can't afford. so i had to decide which ones are the best for me to take and i have no
we're talking about the fiscal cliff. he said -- let's see. interest rates he was talking about are lower than they've been in our living memory. in fact, if there was ever a time for america to borrow more to put people back to work, rebuilding our schools and crumbling infrastructure, it is now. robert reich. see, i would listen to the guys that were there then in the clinton administration. we're asking you what you think why? because -- >> they're the ones who tanked the economy....
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the fiscal cliff is getting close now. it's just a month away. with fears of the tax hike coming, some businesses are scrambling to make a big profit before december 31st. now, obviously holiday shopping will help with that. but many are saying that's just not enough. deal makers and their clients are hustling to sell stocks and even entire companies, all in an effort to get that money in their pockets before the new year. this week, secretary of state hillae clinton is joining in on the conversation, calling it an issue of national security. >> that's because if congress fails to pass a budget deal in the next 31 days we could see dangerous consequences, not only for the u.s. standing in the world but, also for the entire global economy. clinton spoke with the brookins institute yesterday and said while europe does need to fix its own props, much of the -- problems, much of the burden is on washington to build stronger foundationsats home. house speaker boehner said yesterday that he was seeing no progress in negotiations but the democrats, they
the fiscal cliff is getting close now. it's just a month away. with fears of the tax hike coming, some businesses are scrambling to make a big profit before december 31st. now, obviously holiday shopping will help with that. but many are saying that's just not enough. deal makers and their clients are hustling to sell stocks and even entire companies, all in an effort to get that money in their pockets before the new year. this week, secretary of state hillae clinton is joining in on the...
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plus what would thomas jefferson do with the fiscal cliff? funny you should and s author john meechum's new biography on the founder father sheds new light on the man and his method and he, john meechum will join us in the war room. and later mitt romney finally got into the white house don't worry, though it was just for a bowl of chili. it's thursday night and we are just getting started stick around. >> jennifer: welcome back inside "the war room." i am jennifer granholm. so the election is long over but the vote counting is is not. and as it stands today the president leads by four and a half million votes. and they haven't even finished counting big big blue california. so does that give him a mandate? i would say so. here to help us breakdown how much of his economic plan he can actually get passed, because of that overwhelming margin of victory, is laura tyson she serves on the president's jobs council, she's the former chair of the your honor council of economic advice ores, also current tv's chair and economic analyst. welcome back t
plus what would thomas jefferson do with the fiscal cliff? funny you should and s author john meechum's new biography on the founder father sheds new light on the man and his method and he, john meechum will join us in the war room. and later mitt romney finally got into the white house don't worry, though it was just for a bowl of chili. it's thursday night and we are just getting started stick around. >> jennifer: welcome back inside "the war room." i am jennifer granholm. so...
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we are facing the fiscal cliff. now is the time for leadership and if john boehner is not willing to show leadership, then he should get out of the way and resign. see you tomorrow. >> this is "the bill press show."
we are facing the fiscal cliff. now is the time for leadership and if john boehner is not willing to show leadership, then he should get out of the way and resign. see you tomorrow. >> this is "the bill press show."
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effort on cliff the fiscal cliff, of course. putting pressure on congress, president will talk to small business owners. so here's what's going on. right. with this fiscal cliff looming the president has laid out -- very, very clear what he's talking about, what he wants to see. it is a $4 billion package of cuts to the deficit a combination of spending cuts and new revenue and about $2 trillion of that coming from getting rid of the bush tax cuts. at the same time while getting rid of the tax cuts for the wealthiest 2% of americans letting the tax cuts for 98% of americans continue because the middle class do need the help and the wealthiest people do not. so to get there of course, and by the way let's back up, right. the president put forth his plan on november 6th and mitt romney put forth his plan and the american people said no, we don't like that romney way of going which is to continue to coddle the rich. we agree with president obama. so now the negotiations are underway. about how to avoid going off the fiscal cliff. a
effort on cliff the fiscal cliff, of course. putting pressure on congress, president will talk to small business owners. so here's what's going on. right. with this fiscal cliff looming the president has laid out -- very, very clear what he's talking about, what he wants to see. it is a $4 billion package of cuts to the deficit a combination of spending cuts and new revenue and about $2 trillion of that coming from getting rid of the bush tax cuts. at the same time while getting rid of the tax...
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whether we are going to go off of the fiscal cliff. a lot are saying hell, let's go over the fiscal cliff and show the american people who is responsible. >> unfortunately, democrats tend to be the responsible party in terms of actually wanting to governor. it's no surprise that when republicans are in power, government doesn't function well. >> they hate it. >> why would you make something operate well that you don't like? we have to remember why we are here. this is the piece of the story that is forgotten over and over again. the fiscal cliff is a creation of the republican party. had it not been for a republican party that was unwilling to grant this president an extension on the debt ceiling -- >> which every other president has been able to get in a bi-partisan fashion. >> absolutely. then we wouldn't be here right now. we would not be on the edge of the cliff. it's a precarious thing to negotiate around when you consider we might get thrown into a recession if we do go over it. but the more i watch the right, it the more it look
whether we are going to go off of the fiscal cliff. a lot are saying hell, let's go over the fiscal cliff and show the american people who is responsible. >> unfortunately, democrats tend to be the responsible party in terms of actually wanting to governor. it's no surprise that when republicans are in power, government doesn't function well. >> they hate it. >> why would you make something operate well that you don't like? we have to remember why we are here. this is the...
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john boehner did give some indication on friday that perhaps they would move on the fiscal cliff over the weekend there was a somebody more republican movement with regard to saying perhaps we will raise tax rates on people who have a million dollars or more but without the at attention -- now that the public's at attention is now focused on this massacre in -- in connecticut, there may not be the feeling among republicans that they have got to move quite as quickly as if they will suffer the same kind of public backlash that they were suffering for weeks as they dragged their feet on the fiscal cliff. >> jennifer: so it might lessen the urgency, wratheder than increase the urgency of acting like rashal adults. >> yeah. i don't ever think there is too much urgency in washington in terms of acting like rational adults, i think it depends on where the focus is at the time. and now it may give them a little bit more cover for dragging their feet. >> jennifer: all right. robert reich thank you. tonight is about action and getting involved. the first thing we want you to do is go to white
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>> the fiscal cliff negotiations? >> stephanie: yes. >> i love that they don't include the tax cuts for the middle class or the expiration for the bush tax cuts for the top 2%. and they are like here is our offer. if you are going to make a deal at least deal something somebody actually wants. >> yeah. >> stephanie: serious plan. they are like they won the election. >> it is totally farfetched and they are like i don't understand why he doesn't want it. >> stephanie: all right. here she is, jacki schechner in the current news. >> good morning. we already know that ashley judd can show a much wider range of emotion that some. she has been taking steps to assess her options when it comes to running for office. she is doing opposition research on herself to see where she might be most vulnerable. mcconnell will be running for his sixth term another option is to run against senator rand powell in 2016. there is a briefings tomorrow on the september 11th attack on our console consoleate attack in benghazi they the talking
>> the fiscal cliff negotiations? >> stephanie: yes. >> i love that they don't include the tax cuts for the middle class or the expiration for the bush tax cuts for the top 2%. and they are like here is our offer. if you are going to make a deal at least deal something somebody actually wants. >> yeah. >> stephanie: serious plan. they are like they won the election. >> it is totally farfetched and they are like i don't understand why he doesn't want it....
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plus what would thomas jefferson do with the fiscal cliff? funny you should and s author john meechum's new biography on the founder father sheds new light on the man and his method and he, john meechum will join us in the war room. and later mitt romney finally got into the white house don't worry, though it was just for a bowl of chili. ititititititititititititititititititititititititititit before the sneeze, help protect with a spray. before the tissue, help defend with a wipe. before the cold & flu season help prevent with lysol. because when you have 10 times more protection with each hand wash... and kill 99.9% of germs around the house with each spray... those healthy habits start to add up. this season, a good offense is the best defense and lysol has your family covered because that's our mission for health. (vo) when the clock runs out when the last card is played what will be remembered? explore the lives of the famous and infamous who changed our world forever. experience the drama, back to back to back. of all the hours in all th
plus what would thomas jefferson do with the fiscal cliff? funny you should and s author john meechum's new biography on the founder father sheds new light on the man and his method and he, john meechum will join us in the war room. and later mitt romney finally got into the white house don't worry, though it was just for a bowl of chili. ititititititititititititititititititititititititititit before the sneeze, help protect with a spray. before the tissue, help defend with a wipe. before the...
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fiscal cliff let's take the plunge in the l.a. times. he said the u.s. deficit and debt will fall, social security will go on unharmed and we'll go back to tax rates that were better than the current ones. what do you think? >> i certainly don't want something that will put us into a recession. that's more republican thinking. but i think ultimately pugh has a pole saying 53% of the american people will blame republicans, to which i can only imagine republicans saying, oh we're finally ahead in a poll. boner is like a slug there is a bright orange trail of cheat toe dust and bronzer leading from his office. >> stephanie: okay. here you go. >> so many people are going to part-time work and being hurt. everyone i know is already seeing cutbacks, and the economy is going to be disastrous and only going to get worse under obama. >> stephanie: by the way that was dexter von frisch? >> it was. >> stephanie: he just screams at ann coulters voice? >> it's like an earthquake he just screams before it happens. >> stephanie: kids carbonite backs up everything for y
fiscal cliff let's take the plunge in the l.a. times. he said the u.s. deficit and debt will fall, social security will go on unharmed and we'll go back to tax rates that were better than the current ones. what do you think? >> i certainly don't want something that will put us into a recession. that's more republican thinking. but i think ultimately pugh has a pole saying 53% of the american people will blame republicans, to which i can only imagine republicans saying, oh we're finally...
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taxes, fiscal cliff. why do you have to bring in social security and medicare and fix something that's not broke? >> stephanie: social security's case, we keep saying doesn't add a penny to the deficit. >> it is absurd. if you're going to curtail something or act like something is horribly busted, then i would say the military expenditures that go into effect because of the sequestration actually are something that's a crucial. they're going to drop off immediately and the spending on them is overtly far beyond its necessity. >> stephanie: it is more than the military asks for. congress is trying to give them more. >> to do what with? it is not like they're not ahead technologically from -- on every front. >> but we need to be able to blow up the world 150 times not 147. >> stephanie: otherwise we're french and gay. ron in illinois, you're on "the stephanie miller show." hi ron. >> caller: good morning, steph. >> stephanie: good morning. >> caller: i don't understand why john boehner think -- unless he's
taxes, fiscal cliff. why do you have to bring in social security and medicare and fix something that's not broke? >> stephanie: social security's case, we keep saying doesn't add a penny to the deficit. >> it is absurd. if you're going to curtail something or act like something is horribly busted, then i would say the military expenditures that go into effect because of the sequestration actually are something that's a crucial. they're going to drop off immediately and the spending...
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now back to the fiscal cliff for awhile. there was a voice spoken yesterday that you would think again, members of congress would listen to. ben bernanke, chairman of the fed saying hey guys, you got -- he's the one who came up with the term fiscal cliff. >> did he. >> bill: warning to members of congress. here he is yesterday. >> even though we've not yet even reached the point of the fiscal cliff potentially kicking in it is already affecting business investment and hiring decisions by creating uncertainty or creating pessimism. >> bill: front page of "the hill" today, cliff is already inflicting damage. it is because people don't know what the hell's going to happen. >> it will be interesting to see what ben bernanke says behind closed doors and the cursing he does at congress. he has to be rolling his eyes that we're at this point and at least publicly, we're nowhere. the clock is ticking and he was saying once again listen, don't minimize this. as president obama said, this is avoidable. they can do this. but if they do
now back to the fiscal cliff for awhile. there was a voice spoken yesterday that you would think again, members of congress would listen to. ben bernanke, chairman of the fed saying hey guys, you got -- he's the one who came up with the term fiscal cliff. >> did he. >> bill: warning to members of congress. here he is yesterday. >> even though we've not yet even reached the point of the fiscal cliff potentially kicking in it is already affecting business investment and hiring...
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the fiscal cliff is bad, but not irretrievable. you can go into january and still put the pieces back together. as you know, defaulting on the debt is irretrievable thing. that's the economic equivalent of a nuclear weapon. that is a big dynamite compared to the fiscal cliff crew having said that, as they get to the year end, i think they'll say we'll vote to extend middle class tax cuts. our leverage is greater because it's the nuclear bomb so they can increase their leverage as they move toward a vote. we may end up into january early february negotiating again about a debt ceilingle. >> that would be very hazardous. an economic nuclear deterrent is only effective if you're ready to set it off. i'm not saying there aren't tea party republicans that would be willing to tank the economy on this, but i think republicans really hand if they think they're going to get a lot of leverage out of this debt ceiling. they may think that. but people remember that episode more than a year ago and it really backfired. it backfired. so you'd ha
the fiscal cliff is bad, but not irretrievable. you can go into january and still put the pieces back together. as you know, defaulting on the debt is irretrievable thing. that's the economic equivalent of a nuclear weapon. that is a big dynamite compared to the fiscal cliff crew having said that, as they get to the year end, i think they'll say we'll vote to extend middle class tax cuts. our leverage is greater because it's the nuclear bomb so they can increase their leverage as they move...
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cliff and call it the fiscal bluff. >> stephanie: i'm sorry. caught me. caught me. >> there's a road in the fiscal bluff. >> stephanie: you're on with steven. >> caller: howdy everybody. i remember you on wings too by the way. >> thanks. >> stephanie: well join the club. >> actually my favorite, i watch the reruns. my question is this, how can a guy named grover have so much power over these republicans? >> stephanie: yeah, that's what i mean, one republican said this was a pledge for a congress that was 20 years ago. why are people still pretending it or he is rely at this point? >> hello there! he does grover impressions too. >> i'm grover. >> stephanie: he's delightful. he just is. by the way one other magical degree of stephanie miller separation a couple of weeks ago, i got an email from amy she likes watching the beach she says. >> who doesn't? she does it beautifully. didn't the daily show do a section on grover norquist that he came up with this whole pledge idea when he was like in the seventh great. he literally did. >> stephanie: tha
cliff and call it the fiscal bluff. >> stephanie: i'm sorry. caught me. caught me. >> there's a road in the fiscal bluff. >> stephanie: you're on with steven. >> caller: howdy everybody. i remember you on wings too by the way. >> thanks. >> stephanie: well join the club. >> actually my favorite, i watch the reruns. my question is this, how can a guy named grover have so much power over these republicans? >> stephanie: yeah, that's what i mean, one...
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their plan b is slow walk us over the fiscal cliff. and frankly i'm convinced that the president is unwilling to stand up to his own party on the big issues that face our country >> john: okay. let's make a few things really clear. number one, it is december. you're in d.c. you're orange. number two speaker boehner's plan b is a slow walk off the fiscal cliff. we're on a deadline so meaningless votes aimed only at republican primary voters two years from now is a complete waste of everybody's time. plus his plan b will never pass the senate even if all of the democrats got sick on food poisoning from tainted shellfish christmas night and didn't show up to vote no, president obama would still veto it. the man is wasting your time! and for bainer to say obama's unwillingness to stand up to his own party? john boehner is so terrified of eric cantor taking his job in his own party that he's putting his discredited losing fringe above the american people to keep his job a little while longer. president obama is the one arguably putting soci
their plan b is slow walk us over the fiscal cliff. and frankly i'm convinced that the president is unwilling to stand up to his own party on the big issues that face our country >> john: okay. let's make a few things really clear. number one, it is december. you're in d.c. you're orange. number two speaker boehner's plan b is a slow walk off the fiscal cliff. we're on a deadline so meaningless votes aimed only at republican primary voters two years from now is a complete waste of...
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i don't know about this fiscal cliff. i was saying we're held back by the fact we care about the economy and about people. >> it would really hurt the people who can't afford it the most. >> stephanie: they were sounding happy clappy after their meeting friday. a little optimistic. a little optimist cal. >> just like ronnie. >> stephanie: my favorite thing i saw a piece of toast. it says republicans 2012. maggie writes steph, i had to write and tell you that you are the best talk show host on the planet. well thank you very much. >> there might be a better one in myanmar. i don't know. >> i can't get enough of your show. she is sad. can you be on 24/7? >> computer says no. >> stephanie: we have a lot of drinking to do. it starts immediately after. all right. by the way i thought i would do a little -- roland started drinking at 11:30 a.m. that day by the way. >> wow. >> all right. [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] >> stephanie: okay. a man in southern germany has been reunited with his car two years after forgetting where
i don't know about this fiscal cliff. i was saying we're held back by the fact we care about the economy and about people. >> it would really hurt the people who can't afford it the most. >> stephanie: they were sounding happy clappy after their meeting friday. a little optimistic. a little optimist cal. >> just like ronnie. >> stephanie: my favorite thing i saw a piece of toast. it says republicans 2012. maggie writes steph, i had to write and tell you that you are the...
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. >> jennifer: karl, is the fiscal cliff a republican party? it's a problem for us, but the political side, isn't it really a problem for them? >> it's a huge problem not just in the immediate where we are right now sense of the word. i'm surprised when they showed them to blame i guess in the halls of congress the republicans said yes we're ahead in the poll. this boiled down to their fading power with their fading demographics in the country and the demographics that look poorly on them. acting as spoiled children that hold this country ransom does not help them with any of the demographics that reelected this house, increased the number of democrats in the house or the senate. >> the tea party might say we won one and we lost one. we won 2010. we lost 2012 because we were too moderate. we had a meally mouth nominee-- >> i believethey're in a position-- >> if they act like real conservatives, real nut jobs, then we're proven right. they're blinded by their own ideology. >> i'm not surprised that a party who does not believe in evolution has o
. >> jennifer: karl, is the fiscal cliff a republican party? it's a problem for us, but the political side, isn't it really a problem for them? >> it's a huge problem not just in the immediate where we are right now sense of the word. i'm surprised when they showed them to blame i guess in the halls of congress the republicans said yes we're ahead in the poll. this boiled down to their fading power with their fading demographics in the country and the demographics that look poorly...
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we're on the verge of another manmade disaster is this fiscal cliff. i want you to take a listen of a sound bite you from two of the biggest perpetrators of the disaster. >> we'll continue to take this as a serious matter. this is not a game. we're not in interested in playing rope a dope. >> it was not a serious proposal. right now we're almost nowhere. >> jennifer: of course, they're respond together president having put out a plan to solve the fiscal cliff. do you think these two have a have a road map to avert the fiscal cliff? >> i think these two are the jackknifeed big rigs that are clogging all the--i don't think we're going to get there. i think we're going to go over the fiscal cliff. >> jennifer: you know, i put money on them solving the crisis. it's just a question of whether it's before or after the cliff. the cliff will precipitate resolution. >> but then there are people who say it's not a cliff, but a slight rise, a slope. >> jennifer: exactly. do you think the democrats have learned any lessons about negotiating? >> we would hope so, a
we're on the verge of another manmade disaster is this fiscal cliff. i want you to take a listen of a sound bite you from two of the biggest perpetrators of the disaster. >> we'll continue to take this as a serious matter. this is not a game. we're not in interested in playing rope a dope. >> it was not a serious proposal. right now we're almost nowhere. >> jennifer: of course, they're respond together president having put out a plan to solve the fiscal cliff. do you think...
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we're talking about the fiscal cliff. ruth says i've said for a long time republicans are so far to the right they're falling off the edge. i didn't realize it was a cliff they were up against. mark says i have my seat belt on and i'm ready to go over the cliff. no deal is better than a b.s. deal. and skip says the g.o.p. is on their way to wiping out the remainder of the middle class ending social security medicare and medicaid and home mortgage deductions. >> bill: so, michael, we hear that more and more from democrats that better to go over the cliff better no deal than a bad deal. do you agree? >> yeah, i do agree. it depends on how bad the deal is but there is a spectrum. >> bill: if the deal includes extending the bush tax cuts for the wealthiest of americans for another two years. >> no. that's not a deal worth making. that's just not a deal worth making. the fact of the matter is we're at a tough spot. we're caught between a rock and a hard place. we don't want to go over the cliff. if we can avoid it, the congres
we're talking about the fiscal cliff. ruth says i've said for a long time republicans are so far to the right they're falling off the edge. i didn't realize it was a cliff they were up against. mark says i have my seat belt on and i'm ready to go over the cliff. no deal is better than a b.s. deal. and skip says the g.o.p. is on their way to wiping out the remainder of the middle class ending social security medicare and medicaid and home mortgage deductions. >> bill: so, michael, we hear...
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the fiscal cliff is a big issue moving forward and there is a showdown in store. while john boehner has offered up a bit of a compromise he and harry reid have different ideas. >> people making all this money have to contribute a little bit more. >> the congressional budget office are analyzing person provisions of the fiscal cliff. it finds letting these bush tax cuts expire is the least harmful way to improve the economy. but the gop would rather see lower rates and eliminating loopholes. yesterday senator chuck smumer called it a rumpled stillskin fantasy. earlier this week the president gave a very heart-felt speech to his staff and even teared up a bit. >> you guys -- [ inaudible ]. and i'm really proud of that. i'm really proud of all of you. >> more bill is up after the break. stay with us. how are you ever going to solve the problem if you don't look at all of the pieces? >>tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's morning news block. >>you're welcome current tv audience for the visual candy. >>sharp tongue, quick whit and above all
the fiscal cliff is a big issue moving forward and there is a showdown in store. while john boehner has offered up a bit of a compromise he and harry reid have different ideas. >> people making all this money have to contribute a little bit more. >> the congressional budget office are analyzing person provisions of the fiscal cliff. it finds letting these bush tax cuts expire is the least harmful way to improve the economy. but the gop would rather see lower rates and eliminating...
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economic terms like driving off of a fiscal cliff can be hard to understand. can you tell us in as plain of english as possible what it means. >> so that means if policy makers do nothing -- if they don't pass any legislation, then come january 1st, 2013, tax rates will go up on everybody. the bush tax cuts expire the payroll tax holiday goes away, and we get government spending cuts. government spend willing be cut for a range of reasons. you add it all up it is over $700 billion in 2013, that's about 4.5% of gdp. that's a really big number. and if we go over the cliff, meaning policy makers do nothing, then the economy will go into recession in early 2013. it will be too much for the economy to digest. >> jennifer: so you have been watching this in congress. obviously they took a number of steps to prevent this from happening last year. how worried are you that this is actually going to happen? worried, and i think many people are -- >> jennifer: i'm worried, sort of? >> yeah. yeah. business people have been very cautious in hiring, and one of the reasons ma
economic terms like driving off of a fiscal cliff can be hard to understand. can you tell us in as plain of english as possible what it means. >> so that means if policy makers do nothing -- if they don't pass any legislation, then come january 1st, 2013, tax rates will go up on everybody. the bush tax cuts expire the payroll tax holiday goes away, and we get government spending cuts. government spend willing be cut for a range of reasons. you add it all up it is over $700 billion in...
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the president says that in order to avoitd the fiscal cliff republicans need to be open to new revenue. and then the republicans said they are open to new revenue. it looks like they are working together. | [music] |. | [music] | indeed, top congressional leaders met with the president today to discuss the if fiscal cliff of 46 days before we could go over it. a quick refresher, here is what it would mean. it would mean close to 500 billion in automatic cuts to defense and domestic spending. it would mean the expiration of all the bush tax cuts and an tax inacross of 3,700 for american taxpayers. i'm just saying it ain't gonna happen, but the president wants to keep the bush tax cuts for families earning los angeles than 250 50,000 and allow them toks pyre on wealthy americans. >> we have to make sure that taxes don't go up on middle class families that our chi remains -- economy remains strong. our challenge is to make sure that we are able to cooperate together work together and find common ground. >> and it looks like actually might find that common ground. the republicans had previ
the president says that in order to avoitd the fiscal cliff republicans need to be open to new revenue. and then the republicans said they are open to new revenue. it looks like they are working together. | [music] |. | [music] | indeed, top congressional leaders met with the president today to discuss the if fiscal cliff of 46 days before we could go over it. a quick refresher, here is what it would mean. it would mean close to 500 billion in automatic cuts to defense and domestic spending. it...
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let's start with the fiscal cliff. secretary reich if we hit the fiscal cliff would it be devastating and hence we must do cuts in social security and medicare? >> first of all the fiscal cliff is a misnomer. it really is not a cliff. we can go over it and a lot of people won't feel much, particularly if democrats do what they say they're going to do, and that is pass a bill that makes the tax cuts retroactive to january 1 for the middle class. that's what democrats would do, giving them maximum bargaining with the republicans. we don't have a debt crisis. that's another might geology that a lot of people, republicans and media are talking about. there is no the a budget deficit crisis right now. in the years beginning 10 years from now, we will have very large budget deficits, but those are because of health care costs rising projected to rise very, very high and that's going to hurt medicare and medicaid, not because medicare and medicaid are the problems, but because underlying those medicare and medicaid problems p
let's start with the fiscal cliff. secretary reich if we hit the fiscal cliff would it be devastating and hence we must do cuts in social security and medicare? >> first of all the fiscal cliff is a misnomer. it really is not a cliff. we can go over it and a lot of people won't feel much, particularly if democrats do what they say they're going to do, and that is pass a bill that makes the tax cuts retroactive to january 1 for the middle class. that's what democrats would do, giving them...
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oh my goodness, fiscal cliff in miami. he changed his name to fiscal cliff. he was known as formerly the artist known as cliff in miami. noticing some things. i hardly think it's a coincidence that some affiliates are switching to sports right after president obama won re-election. i remember the same thing happened in miami by the way where we had terrific ratings switching to a sports format right after the president won election in 2008. in 2008 i decided buy an i iphone and never went back to i heart radio. >> prerogative voices.com. you can get that right now. >> technology wins. >> stephanie: a big build up to progress pitch.com. and progressives are listening online and smart phone apps. i recommend for $7.95 a month or $4.95 a month if you have a fear of commitment. best money i every spent. >> and we may be this far away from making an announcement about another way you can listen to "the stephanie miller show" on your iphone. >> stephanie: yeah, you can stop an idea whose idea has come. there is technology kids. robert writes the same thing right af
oh my goodness, fiscal cliff in miami. he changed his name to fiscal cliff. he was known as formerly the artist known as cliff in miami. noticing some things. i hardly think it's a coincidence that some affiliates are switching to sports right after president obama won re-election. i remember the same thing happened in miami by the way where we had terrific ratings switching to a sports format right after the president won election in 2008. in 2008 i decided buy an i iphone and never went back...
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fiscal cliff negotiations underway here in washington, d.c. continuing and washington state and colorado celebrating the freedom to smoke pot legally. all of that coming up plus yesterday jim demint from south carolina announced he is resigning from the senate to take over as head of the heritage foundation. >> that's good news for the senate. get rid of that whacko tea partyer but bad news for the heritage foundation, which will now have a reputation as the most extreme of all of of our think tanks welt tell you ideal he is leaving and more. current news update, standing buy in los angeles lease a ferguson. hi, lease a. good morning. >> hey, bi. good morning, everyone. we are awaiting the jobs report this morning out in the next and we are expecting to hear 80,000 jobs created last month. >> that's less than half the jobs we saw in october, but economists are saying don't put too much weight on those numbers. the down turn in growth is likely thanks to hurricane sandy making it near impossible to tell whether hiring is getting better or worse
fiscal cliff negotiations underway here in washington, d.c. continuing and washington state and colorado celebrating the freedom to smoke pot legally. all of that coming up plus yesterday jim demint from south carolina announced he is resigning from the senate to take over as head of the heritage foundation. >> that's good news for the senate. get rid of that whacko tea partyer but bad news for the heritage foundation, which will now have a reputation as the most extreme of all of of our...
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will we avoid going over the fiscal cliff? senator chris coons will tell us that when we come back here on the "full court press." nothing like pressure here. >> announcer: this is the "full court press." the "bill press show." live on your radio and on current tv. i think the number one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they can question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look out for us. (vo) as marijuana gains social and legal acceptance, a new pioneer is emerging from the backwoods. >> i'm basically like a farmer. instead of corn, you've got dope. (vo) but what is legal and what is criminal? >> this is, no matter what you (vo) follow real farmers staking their claim on a new frontier. >> lots of terrible things happen to people growing marijuana. >> this crop to me is my livelihood. >> i have everything invested in this. >> announcer: on your radio and on current tv, this is the "bill press show." >> bill: here we g
will we avoid going over the fiscal cliff? senator chris coons will tell us that when we come back here on the "full court press." nothing like pressure here. >> announcer: this is the "full court press." the "bill press show." live on your radio and on current tv. i think the number one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they can question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his...
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on this show we prefer to call it the fiscal cliff or the austerity bomb. either way the country is just 34 days away from the mix of hundreds of billions of dollars with expireing tax cuts. the president called on voters though pressure congress for a deal that would freeze taxes for 911%98% of for american families. >> call members of congress, write them, e-mail, post it on their facebook wall. tweet it by using the hash tag "my 2 k." >> if the latest "washington post" "abc news" poll is correct, the 06% 60% said they supported, and oklahoma congressman tom cole told politico last night i quote i think we ought to take the 98% deal right now. it doesn't mean that i agree with raising the top two i don't. but house speaker john boehner disagreed with that call. >> i told him that i disagreed with him. >> eliot: he seemed more interesting in attacking the president than finding common ground. >> as the speaker said we have done our part. we have pup revenue on the table. we have not seen any good faith effort on the part of this administration to talk abou
on this show we prefer to call it the fiscal cliff or the austerity bomb. either way the country is just 34 days away from the mix of hundreds of billions of dollars with expireing tax cuts. the president called on voters though pressure congress for a deal that would freeze taxes for 911%98% of for american families. >> call members of congress, write them, e-mail, post it on their facebook wall. tweet it by using the hash tag "my 2 k." >> if the latest "washington...
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i think we could sell fiscal cliff saucers and helmets. >> sure. >> sell t-shirts at the fiscal cliff claifen. >> stephanie: there jim's catch phrase. >> charles productions. >> stephanie: a lot of people are equally irritated by grover norquist. he is on the meet the press, and i don't understand who he is why anything pays at attention to him. and why he gives the president of the united states instructions. the point is is there a cure chris? >> why yes. >> what it is? >> that grover norquist i can't speak. >> try this. >> norquill? >> yeah. norquill the shut the [ censor bleep ] up so we can get something done medicine. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: i didn't see that coming. i should listen it to first. >> yeah you really should. >> stephanie: i have a nephewture husband this morning. >> does he know? >> stephanie: no. well he does now, if you just give me a second here. >> does he know you are lesbianic. >> stephanie: no. jim stop being a [ censor bleep ]. we kept saying it is treasonist -- how do you sign a pledge to a guy? >> with no political authority of any kind. >> stephanie:
i think we could sell fiscal cliff saucers and helmets. >> sure. >> sell t-shirts at the fiscal cliff claifen. >> stephanie: there jim's catch phrase. >> charles productions. >> stephanie: a lot of people are equally irritated by grover norquist. he is on the meet the press, and i don't understand who he is why anything pays at attention to him. and why he gives the president of the united states instructions. the point is is there a cure chris? >> why yes....
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treaty about disability or what they're saying by the fiscal cliff. we're seeing an important shift in their strategy. i think at the end of the day john boehner is going to decide it makes more sense to pass the senate bill, extending the tax cut to 98% saying to the public at large we're not going to deny you that but we're not going to pass the debt ceiling increase. on that they'll hang tougher seeking to extract something from the white house. >> i agree with half of that. i think they're going to wait for the debt ceiling crisis that they're going to create with their leverage. but it seems to me that they have more incentive to blame the democrats for rising taxes on everybody, and then come back and pass that middle class tax cut. i think we're going to see the sun setting of the bush tax cuts. i just don't see how the tea partyers essentially can do a preemptive basically pre- preemptive before the taxes go back up. >> eliot: charles, do you agree with sam? once the tax cuts have expired maybe they pass the tax cut for 98% but then use their
treaty about disability or what they're saying by the fiscal cliff. we're seeing an important shift in their strategy. i think at the end of the day john boehner is going to decide it makes more sense to pass the senate bill, extending the tax cut to 98% saying to the public at large we're not going to deny you that but we're not going to pass the debt ceiling increase. on that they'll hang tougher seeking to extract something from the white house. >> i agree with half of that. i think...
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cliff the fiscal cliff. john boehner seems to be saying we know what the american people said and we're ready to compromise. but is he really? >> we'll see. show us the money. that's essentially what it boils down to. what he is saying is the right thing. the election was about two things. one is people want us to work together because they know we have to in order to get things done. second, they want revenues to be part of the solution. they really want it. and what -- speaker boehner is saying is that there is maybe some tax code changes we could make that would provide some revenues but the problem with that is it really doesn't add up. that's essentially what the vague presentation was for the romney campaign. >> bill: right. >> in fact, the deductions he was going to eliminate would be things that would whack the middle class pretty hard. so if that's where they're at, we have to -- we basically do have to ask speaker boehner where's the money. be concrete and specific. i'm pretty skeptical that they'l
cliff the fiscal cliff. john boehner seems to be saying we know what the american people said and we're ready to compromise. but is he really? >> we'll see. show us the money. that's essentially what it boils down to. what he is saying is the right thing. the election was about two things. one is people want us to work together because they know we have to in order to get things done. second, they want revenues to be part of the solution. they really want it. and what -- speaker boehner...
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then we can get into 2016. >> showing great restraint, bill. >> fiscal cliff and guns. i want to get your take on both of those, congressman, but first, dan's got some of the other big stories of the day. >> the full court press >> dan: i do. well, we've got actor been after flection aflec and now how about senator ben aflec. cps saying his name is floated around for the massachusetts senate seat that may open up. the actor is in d.c. today speaking to the house armed services committee on security issues in the congo. he did campaign for elizabeth warren in her senate campaign. no word if he is interested but other people are. >> bill: i think of more experienced and better qualified people to run for senate. >> probably not better movie makers. >> dan: true statement. insta gram users, terms of use were changed yesterday. a lot of people shut down their accounts. the app says it can use your photos in any weigh it pleases, sharing with other sites or using it in advertising by holding inan account, it will grant them unlimited license to use your photos as of mid janu
then we can get into 2016. >> showing great restraint, bill. >> fiscal cliff and guns. i want to get your take on both of those, congressman, but first, dan's got some of the other big stories of the day. >> the full court press >> dan: i do. well, we've got actor been after flection aflec and now how about senator ben aflec. cps saying his name is floated around for the massachusetts senate seat that may open up. the actor is in d.c. today speaking to the house armed...
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talking about the fiscal cliff. representative paul tonko joins us now. >> caller: stephanie miller, it's great to be on the show post election and post handing out the gift as soon as what about that. how insulting. >> caller: yeah, it just gets crazyier with time. i think people wanted to hear about how we can get through these tough economic times. they wanted to know about fairness. they want to know about justice. they want to know about strengthening the middle class a strong middle class and a strong america. to see this stuff, to talk about the 47% and then buying off people with federal gifts it just--you know, it takes focus. it is such a mission to accomplish, and let's do the academics. >> stephanie: congressman, for him to stand there and say the president won because he gave out free stuff like healthcare that is based on his healthcare plan and no one is getting free healthcare. he talks about kids being able to allowed stay on their parents health plan until age 26 free stuff. >> caller: it's ridicul
talking about the fiscal cliff. representative paul tonko joins us now. >> caller: stephanie miller, it's great to be on the show post election and post handing out the gift as soon as what about that. how insulting. >> caller: yeah, it just gets crazyier with time. i think people wanted to hear about how we can get through these tough economic times. they wanted to know about fairness. they want to know about justice. they want to know about strengthening the middle class a strong...
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on the fiscal cliff. but first... >> announcer: this is the "full court press." >> on this tuesday other headlines making news, the most eagerly awaited pregnancy in recent times was announced yesterday. duchess kate middleton pregnant with what would be the third in line to the british throne. child of prince william. he and kate have been married for 19 months. kate was admitted to the hospital yesterday suffering from acute morning sickness. she needed extra hydration and nutrients and will spend a couple of days there. she's reportedly not quite 12 weeks pregnant so she's likely due in may or june. >> bill: third in line. it would be charles then william and then the baby and harry gets pushed out to pasture. >> bill: even if baby x is a girl? >> absolutely. the way they changed the line of succession to the throne, even if it's a girl. >> bill: you know it's big news when the white house press briefing opened with jay carney congratulating on behalf of the president and the first lady and everybody h
on the fiscal cliff. but first... >> announcer: this is the "full court press." >> on this tuesday other headlines making news, the most eagerly awaited pregnancy in recent times was announced yesterday. duchess kate middleton pregnant with what would be the third in line to the british throne. child of prince william. he and kate have been married for 19 months. kate was admitted to the hospital yesterday suffering from acute morning sickness. she needed extra hydration...
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busy days at the white house now with the fiscal cliff looming. what is it 36 days left i think, before we might go over the cliff. what is on the president's agenda, david jackson covers the white house for "usa today." how are you? >> fine bill. how are you? >> bill: good. i missed my favorite event of the year, last week which was the pardoning of the thanksgiving day turkey. >> absolutely. he cracked a few jokes, making crack about something like his last gift. and he also made a nate silver joke. >> bill: oh, did he? >> yeah, saying nate silver was right on on which turkey would be pardoned this year. >> bill: that's great. i read in the tribune the fact that there was a big turn out of the press corps. >> yeah a lot of reporters brought family and friends because it's an easy event to get people into. >> bill: well, it is the party season. i got my invitation to the annual christmas party. >> yeah, the number keeps going up exponentially, but i think it is about 20. and he'll be shaking thousands of hands. they stand there in some room off o
busy days at the white house now with the fiscal cliff looming. what is it 36 days left i think, before we might go over the cliff. what is on the president's agenda, david jackson covers the white house for "usa today." how are you? >> fine bill. how are you? >> bill: good. i missed my favorite event of the year, last week which was the pardoning of the thanksgiving day turkey. >> absolutely. he cracked a few jokes, making crack about something like his last gift....
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the fiscal cliff who walks off of a cliff and keeps walking through the air until he finally, looks down you know. he bows whoa! >> bill: here i am. >> we talked off the fiscal cliff a long time ago when george w. bush took. it took a drunken, alcoholic chain-smoking schmuck like john boehner to look down. where we go from here is gest sequester land and if we have to pay higher taxes because these guys can't get it together, we will remember who messed it up. john boehner & company and we are also going to realize that maybe we will think twice before we choose a party that does what they have done to this economy in the last 10 years. >> bill: the only -- paul, you are absolutely right. well said, i think the only answer is, you've got to clean house and get rid of these tea partyers in the house of representatives. the problem is the way districts are drawn today, it's almost impossible to defeat them in a primary and impossible for republican, moderate republicans to defeat them in the primary and impossible for democrats to defeat them in the general election. but we have got to cle
the fiscal cliff who walks off of a cliff and keeps walking through the air until he finally, looks down you know. he bows whoa! >> bill: here i am. >> we talked off the fiscal cliff a long time ago when george w. bush took. it took a drunken, alcoholic chain-smoking schmuck like john boehner to look down. where we go from here is gest sequester land and if we have to pay higher taxes because these guys can't get it together, we will remember who messed it up. john boehner &...
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one on guns, the other on the fiscal cliff. who will swim with the current and who will stand like a rock against the tide? >> jennifer: four days after one of the world's -- one of the world's -- the nation's worst tragedies. school tragedies on record. do you know where your pension money is? for some teachers, the answer is very troubling. california public school teachers who lost six of their own in the newtown shooting, they are actually invested in the private equity firm that owns some of the world's biggest gun manufacturers. as we reported after the aurora shooting this past spring, cerberus kappel owns the freedom group, the world's largest firearm distributor. the freedom group produces over half of all semi-automatic rifles sold every year including the one that was used in the newtown massacre. the california teacher a pension fund has about $751 million invested in the company that is responsible for that, cerberus. late yesterday a spokesman for the fund told the sacramento beat that the pension fund was conside
one on guns, the other on the fiscal cliff. who will swim with the current and who will stand like a rock against the tide? >> jennifer: four days after one of the world's -- one of the world's -- the nation's worst tragedies. school tragedies on record. do you know where your pension money is? for some teachers, the answer is very troubling. california public school teachers who lost six of their own in the newtown shooting, they are actually invested in the private equity firm that owns...
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this season's fiscal cliff. how real is the threat? while tests before congress, been bernanke warned of the con sequences of such a fall. >> a severe tightening of fiscal policy at the beginning of next year built into current law, the so-called fiscal cliff would, if allowed to occur, pose a significant threat to the recovery. uncertainty could, itself undermine business and. >> the fiscal cliff is the combination of several policies all set to go into motion at the end of the year. among other serious, the expiration of the bush tax cuts of 2001 and 2003, meaning an income in income tax brackets and sec westration of over $1 trillion in 10 years starting with 86 billion in 2013. the results of last year's negotiations allowed us to raise the debt ceiling type of what's the impact of a fiscal cliff? a tightening of as much as 5% of our gdp. to put this into context, after the cat glyphic of 2008, gdp dropped 8.9% meaning we could be close to the levels of the great recession. if we hope to avoid going over the cliff, some compromise
this season's fiscal cliff. how real is the threat? while tests before congress, been bernanke warned of the con sequences of such a fall. >> a severe tightening of fiscal policy at the beginning of next year built into current law, the so-called fiscal cliff would, if allowed to occur, pose a significant threat to the recovery. uncertainty could, itself undermine business and. >> the fiscal cliff is the combination of several policies all set to go into motion at the end of the...
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nothing new on fiscal cliff. all we heard was that john boehner was leaving for ohio and there was knowingnothing new. it was the same ol' stuff from carney and nothing new on appointments either. nothing and then boom, at 4:00 o'clock, boom. >> allotted of no specifics to offer until there were a lot of specifics to offer >> bill: we have been talking about susan rightses. let's start about this meeting with president obama and john boehner. >> we don't know specifically who made the first call but boehner was there for 50 minutes between about 5:00 and 6:00 o'clock o'clock. they had what they characterized as a frank discussion and they both putting it out identify calling statements praising open lines of communication and nothing else. i us expect when jay carney takes the podium it will be similar to what he said yesterday. >> bill: don't you think that that meeting that could not accomplish anything unless he said you get -- we agree. tax rates have to go up for the 2%? >> the beginning. >> at least from th
nothing new on fiscal cliff. all we heard was that john boehner was leaving for ohio and there was knowingnothing new. it was the same ol' stuff from carney and nothing new on appointments either. nothing and then boom, at 4:00 o'clock, boom. >> allotted of no specifics to offer until there were a lot of specifics to offer >> bill: we have been talking about susan rightses. let's start about this meeting with president obama and john boehner. >> we don't know specifically who...
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to remind our viewers the fiscal cliff is when the bush-era tax cuts expire and massive cuts in january. take a listen. >> listen, the house has done its job on both the sequester and the looming tax hikes that will cost our economy some 700,000 jobs. the senate at some point has to act. on both of these where is the president? where is the leadership? absent without leave. >> jennifer: whatever. moody's issued a stern warning that the u.s. could be downgraded if congress does not reach a deal. what is it going to take to get a deal? >> it's going to take the 11th hour. we've seen this movie before where congress always delays its home work until the last minute. we know this is coming every year. it's almost like christmas where we have some kind of fiscal dire consequences that congress is facing unless they do something. in this case boehner is being a bit specious in his criticism of the senate and the president. the house republicans did not want to go along with this deal in the first place. boehner had to corral many of them and basically twist their arms because you have a lot o
to remind our viewers the fiscal cliff is when the bush-era tax cuts expire and massive cuts in january. take a listen. >> listen, the house has done its job on both the sequester and the looming tax hikes that will cost our economy some 700,000 jobs. the senate at some point has to act. on both of these where is the president? where is the leadership? absent without leave. >> jennifer: whatever. moody's issued a stern warning that the u.s. could be downgraded if congress does not...
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fiscal cliff counteroffer. he says that republicans can't negotiate with themselves however the president has been very clear very publicly that the g.o.p. plan is definitely a no-go as is. crossroads gps part of the karl rove funded group of campaign super pacs is spending half a million dollars on a new ad campaign to push for a fiscal cliff deal that includes more spending cuts and fewer higher taxes. >> so far he says more taxes. >> the truth is the white house deal did propose some $600 billion in healthcare and spending cuts. finally, secretary of state ken says he will investigate the state's voting problems. the republican in florida told the state ethics and elections committee he will dispatch a special team to investigate the five florida counties that had especially-long lines. right after it he defended florida's voting mess saying he had no regrets. wewewewewewewewewewewewewewewewewewewewewewewewewewewewewewe on to me now? you know the the kind of guys that do reverse mortgage commercials? those t
fiscal cliff counteroffer. he says that republicans can't negotiate with themselves however the president has been very clear very publicly that the g.o.p. plan is definitely a no-go as is. crossroads gps part of the karl rove funded group of campaign super pacs is spending half a million dollars on a new ad campaign to push for a fiscal cliff deal that includes more spending cuts and fewer higher taxes. >> so far he says more taxes. >> the truth is the white house deal did propose...
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. >> all of you negotiators who are now negotiating on this so-called fiscal cliff and stuff. keep your hands off medicare and keep your hands off medicaid. >> stephanie: that's what i was just saying in the article on the hill. it warms the cockles of my liberal heart.
. >> all of you negotiators who are now negotiating on this so-called fiscal cliff and stuff. keep your hands off medicare and keep your hands off medicaid. >> stephanie: that's what i was just saying in the article on the hill. it warms the cockles of my liberal heart.
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he said there is no fiscal cliff. it's absolute total nonsense. he's obviously-- >> crazy. >> stephanie: the first guy you want advice from. the guy who shut the government down, do you remember? then they lost in landslides because of that guy there. okay dan in chicago. hi dan. hello dan. dan, dan, going once, how about garth in washington. hi garth. >> caller: hi, stephanie how are you today? >> stephanie: good, go ahead. >> caller: i'm a boy here in washington, and we're going over this cliff, but i think the cliff was passed a long time ago. what is wrong with the flat tax where everybody paid the same. i don't know enough about it, but nobody speaks of that. also-- >> stephanie: you're talking about the steve forbes, he's the one who brings that up every year. i know it sounds simple. a lot of times things that sound simple are not necessarily the best idea. >> it would be well, it would take away all deductions. like owning homes and stuff like that. and it would be really, really unfair to poorer people who can't afford to pay 10% or whate
he said there is no fiscal cliff. it's absolute total nonsense. he's obviously-- >> crazy. >> stephanie: the first guy you want advice from. the guy who shut the government down, do you remember? then they lost in landslides because of that guy there. okay dan in chicago. hi dan. hello dan. dan, dan, going once, how about garth in washington. hi garth. >> caller: hi, stephanie how are you today? >> stephanie: good, go ahead. >> caller: i'm a boy here in washington,...
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david, i want to drill down on even over this past weekend we heard the fiscal cliff is a cliff. no parachute. bad things happen if we go over it. i have never been persuaded of that. the payroll tax is likely to go up either way. the taxes in the healthcare bill will kickback in no matter what. sequestration could be remedied. is it in your view a slope, a cliff, what is the metaphor, and is there hysteria attached to this that is excessive? >> cliff is a problematic metaphor because it is not like the debt ceiling. it's not even like the government shutdown. you don't necessarily have an enormous market reaction. this is not like the country defaulting on its debt. but it's serious for two reasons. we don't know what the reaction could be. there it is a chance that it could spook the markets. the second thing, the combine pieces of this passage is a combined 4% of the gdp. if they went into affect and remained in affect not just for a couple of weeks but for the full year it's hard to see how the economy avoids a recession next year. it's not guaranteed but it's more than enoug
david, i want to drill down on even over this past weekend we heard the fiscal cliff is a cliff. no parachute. bad things happen if we go over it. i have never been persuaded of that. the payroll tax is likely to go up either way. the taxes in the healthcare bill will kickback in no matter what. sequestration could be remedied. is it in your view a slope, a cliff, what is the metaphor, and is there hysteria attached to this that is excessive? >> cliff is a problematic metaphor because it...
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i was just talking to congresswoman walters about the fiscal cliff. boner is insisting the tax rates will destroy jobs in america. where are the jobs? >> the government can't create jobs. where are the jobs? >> if the republicans will not agree with that, we will reach a point at the end of this year where all the tax cuts expire and start over next year. >> you want the president to say hey, i made your republican health care allow. i always compromised your turn. >> stephanie: i like the picture of the president with the pen i'm ready to. >> it. [ wah wah ] >> the real problem is uncontrolled entitlement spending and a government that has grown massively, not just under this add but under republican administrations. >> stephanie: republicans have long opposed the expiration of the high income bush tax cuts, income over $250,000, because they claim small business, blah blah blah kill jobs, blah blah. evidence they ignore much like polling by nate silver. it would return if the, you know, the bush tax cuts expire, small businesses grew twice as fast.
i was just talking to congresswoman walters about the fiscal cliff. boner is insisting the tax rates will destroy jobs in america. where are the jobs? >> the government can't create jobs. where are the jobs? >> if the republicans will not agree with that, we will reach a point at the end of this year where all the tax cuts expire and start over next year. >> you want the president to say hey, i made your republican health care allow. i always compromised your turn. >>...
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republicans losing blame game on fiscal cliff. neener. majority of americans say if the country goes over the cliff on december 31st, congressional republicans should bear the brunt of the blame. "washington post" pew poll -- >> pew pew. >> stephanie: latest time the g.o.p. faces a tireless task between now and the end of the year. 53% say the g.o.p. would and should lose the fiscal cliff blame game. 27% say the president. so there. [ ♪ nah nah nah nah nah ♪ ] >> stephanie: a tee and then a hee. donna says i got my tickets. steph, as your official vegetarian travel agent, i got meet and grope tickets. so did many of our stephanie and the mooks meet up group. >> i love that. >> stephanie: not that kind of meet. we're having a celebration dinner this sunday to celebrate getting meet and grope tickets to what -- >> it's a new year and time for a new inauguration. >> the president of the united states is once again barack obama. s. ♪ >> time for a new sexy liberal. >> i guess i'll have to speak for the people of my state from right here
republicans losing blame game on fiscal cliff. neener. majority of americans say if the country goes over the cliff on december 31st, congressional republicans should bear the brunt of the blame. "washington post" pew poll -- >> pew pew. >> stephanie: latest time the g.o.p. faces a tireless task between now and the end of the year. 53% say the g.o.p. would and should lose the fiscal cliff blame game. 27% say the president. so there. [ ♪ nah nah nah nah nah ♪ ] >>...
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cliff to entertain me. >> fiscal cliff clavin. >> stephanie: boner said ifs as and buts or only candy and nuts. [ applause ] >> stephanie: representative gwen moore i'm so glad to have you on. >> i'm so glad to be with you again. >> stephanie: are you hearing any progress being made? >> no i'm not. i think there's some really wide idealogical kinds of differences. everybody, stephanie, knows we have got to deal with some debt reduction, but the -- the real sticking point is whether or not we're going to throw the country into an austerity cliff, and really make the middle class, and pour people bare the burden of deficit reduction, or whether or not we're going to ask people who are wealthier to sort of pick up some of the burden of the ten-year hiatus that they have had in making a real contribution. and i think that's a really wide wide goal. >> stephanie: representative moore, you can looking at the same polls we are, and it seems like they are getting worse for republicans. 75% of americans want the wealthier americans to pay their fair share and they don't want medicare or social
cliff to entertain me. >> fiscal cliff clavin. >> stephanie: boner said ifs as and buts or only candy and nuts. [ applause ] >> stephanie: representative gwen moore i'm so glad to have you on. >> i'm so glad to be with you again. >> stephanie: are you hearing any progress being made? >> no i'm not. i think there's some really wide idealogical kinds of differences. everybody, stephanie, knows we have got to deal with some debt reduction, but the -- the real...
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cliff discussions by folding the debt ceiling into fiscal cliff talks. take a listen. >> obama: congress, in any way suggests that they're going to tie negotiations to debt ceiling votes and take us to the brink of default once again as part of a budget negotiation which by the way we have never done in our history until we did it last year i will not play that game. >> jennifer: fortunately for us "newsweek" "daily beast" special correspondent michael tomasky is always up for playing political games himself. he's joining us from washington d.c. thanks for coming back inside "the war room." >> it is always my pleasure, governor. >> jennifer: always a pleasure to have you. so let me talk about this debt ceiling issue. because really, as we look at it really the only leverage that republicans have on the fiscal cliff talks they proceed to be with the debt limit right? so today the treasury department ups the ante by endorsing republican senator mitch mcconnell's summer 2011 provision which you know, he suggested and it effectively lets the president raise
cliff discussions by folding the debt ceiling into fiscal cliff talks. take a listen. >> obama: congress, in any way suggests that they're going to tie negotiations to debt ceiling votes and take us to the brink of default once again as part of a budget negotiation which by the way we have never done in our history until we did it last year i will not play that game. >> jennifer: fortunately for us "newsweek" "daily beast" special correspondent michael tomasky is...
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was that what john boehner did on his plan to solve the fiscal cliff? [ piano plays ] troy polamalu's going deeper. ♪ ♪ and so is head & shoulders deep clean. [ male announcer ] with 7 benefits it goes deep to remove grease, gunk and flakes. deep. like me. [ male announcer ] head & shoulders deep clean for men. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] red lobster's crabfest ends soon. hurry in and try five succulent entrees like our tender snow crab paired with savory garlic shrimp. just $12.99. come into red lobster and sea food differently. and introducing 7 lunch choices for just $7.99. salads, sandwiches, and more. ♪ >> jennifer: you know it's never a good idea to over play your hand in washington. today the white house called speaker boehner's bluff and vowed to veto his fiscal cliff plan b though president obama still wants to get a deal done before christmas. >> i remain optimistic because if you look at what the speaker has proposed he has conceded that income tax rates should go up, except right now he only wants to have them go up for millionaires. >>
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the fiscal cliff is approaching. whatever your views, now is to thenotthe time for evasiveness. what is john boehner's plan. i don't know what he's asking us for. >> yeah, i didn't realize what exactly he was saying. i talked to three or four different people about it, and i heard three or four different interpretations. the republicans in congress, the leaders, boehner is very nervous about whether he's going to maintain his speakership. mitch mcconnell is very nervous about how the senate is going to react to the new situation on capitol hill. it's going to take some time for this to play out. it's just going--it's not going to happen quickly. and if people think--people watching the news, eliot might be thinking that republicans suddenly are going to release that they have to change their stripes, and they have to be different--no, no, no. they're not going to realize that suddenly at all. >> eliot: this was not an epiphany moment for the republican party. you said something interesting. that john boehner may be worried about his speakership. who would challenge him and how l
the fiscal cliff is approaching. whatever your views, now is to thenotthe time for evasiveness. what is john boehner's plan. i don't know what he's asking us for. >> yeah, i didn't realize what exactly he was saying. i talked to three or four different people about it, and i heard three or four different interpretations. the republicans in congress, the leaders, boehner is very nervous about whether he's going to maintain his speakership. mitch mcconnell is very nervous about how the...
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maybe congressional republicans dealing with the fiscal cliff should take note. coming to us from sacramento is the former california state treasurer that lead the commission that was tasked with figuring out the financial meltdown. welcome inside "the war room." >> good to be with you. >> jennifer: all right. what do you credit the expected surplus to? growing economy? prop 30? what is it? >> the economy is beginning to inch back in california but prop 30 obviously had a huge impact. what has been happening in california now for many years is the tide has turned away from the jarvis stage. local tax and bond measures have been passing all over the state where local leaders have had the courage to go to their residents and make the case for better schools, transportation, and public safety. 70% of the school bond measures which are increases in local property taxes passed. 80% in 2012. this has been going on for more than a decade and part of the reason i think we haven't seen it at the state or national level, is leaders had been timid to make the ask, and after
maybe congressional republicans dealing with the fiscal cliff should take note. coming to us from sacramento is the former california state treasurer that lead the commission that was tasked with figuring out the financial meltdown. welcome inside "the war room." >> good to be with you. >> jennifer: all right. what do you credit the expected surplus to? growing economy? prop 30? what is it? >> the economy is beginning to inch back in california but prop 30 obviously...